Happy Monday! The title says it all. It's been cold, I've been a bit under the weather and tired, and time got away from me. I don't really have much of a post put together, so how about I just hit "random" on the ol' iPhone and see what it gives me? Works for me!
It feels good to be back on the blog after an unintended yet forced hiatus! July was the most colossal of bitches to me (and my family), hence my possibly-over-dramatic-yet-still-entirely-accurate post title. There was sadness. There was anger. There was gloom, despair, and agony. There were life-changing events. There was my oldest son's car trouble, my youngest son's move back home and his car trouble. There was MY car trouble, where the skid plate got knocked out from underneath my car. And my laptop died. And our oldest family pet had to be rushed to the emergency vet during late night hours only to have to have some expensive surgery the next morning. That was the time I couldn't sleep for over forty hours. But thankfully, she is still here with us.
I cried "UNCLE!!!!" many times. So very, very many times. We are still trying to recover from these setbacks financially, but we are doing pretty good, all things considered.
Here's to a better August. Hopefully a better rest-of-the-year! It was off to a disastrously bad start, but I am on vacation for the next eight days, and I am loving every minute of it! So far I've gotten so absorbed in housecleaning, various other projects, and the HGTV Folio app. And miraculously, Last month didn't force me to guzzle down gallon after gallon of intoxicating adult beverages. There has been a lot of this, though:
Nothing quite beats iced coffee on the back porch!
This is time for a reset, so I am going to let the incredible Mr. Marley lead the way...
This weekend got off to an absolutely horrifying start, and while music isn't truly important in the wake of such a tragedy so fresh in our collective minds and heavy hearts, I do firmly believe it makes the world a better place.
"One good thing about music, when it hits you (you feel no pain)"
-Bob Marley, "Trenchtown Rock"
Since this is the last Monday before many of our holiday festivities begin, this will be my last Christmas contribution to Monday's Music Moves Me over at Christmas Dolly's.
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Now, I give you my favorite Christmas song ever......
Yep! I love Elvis's sultry voice and twangy guitar on this one. And who doesn't love Elvis?
Last week, I did a bunch of different versions of "Run Run Rudolph" and I promise I won't do that this week! But I'd be remiss if I didn't include Georgia rockers Collective Soul's rendition of this song, too.
You see, sometime in the late 90s I signed up for Columbia House (anyone remember THAT?) and I often forgot to send the cards back to decline that month's featured CD. This meant that I ended up with a lot of accidental additions to my music collection because I was also bad at not returning the packages before my kids, young boys at the time, would excitedly open them! One of those CDs was You Sleigh Me, which featured Collective Soul's cover of my favorite Christmas song ever. It is quite the departure from the sound of Elvis and many others who've recorded/performed this.
Enjoy!
And as a non-Christmas-related bonus, here's "Trenchtown Rock" from Bob Marley, the song and artist referenced earlier in this post:
Have yourself a great week, and a Merry Little Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whichever other holiday you may celebrate if this is your last trip here before the holidays. And if you don't celebrate a holiday this time of year, I wish you the best and hope you get to spend precious time iwth your family and/or friends.
